Before anyone comes for me, I grew up southern baptist – went to a private christian school & was homeschooled for a few years. The extent of my “science” education when it came to evolution & the origin of the universe was “if we came from monkeys why do monkeys still exist?” and “look at this galaxy that’s shaped like a cross, isn’t god amazing!!” I’m an atheist now and would like to have some sort of understanding of how our world came to be, but trying to figure it out as an adult with no real foundation has been incredibly difficult, and none of it’s making sense. I also know I’m asking a lot as all 3 of those subjects are pretty extensive, so if you know any good videos or books I’d love some recommendations!
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How abiogenesis happened is something we don’t know for certain. There are various hypotheses about it but nothing proven as far as im aware.
And for evolution the simplest way to look at it is that random changes in genes can happen, some beneficial some not. Creatures with changes that help them survive and reproduce in their environment obviously reproduce more often than those with negative changes.
And so over time as nature itself selects those that are best adapted to their surroundings. Species change over time in a sort of arms race against other species or creatures and against nature itself.
As for more material. There are entire college courses on these subjects available for free on youtube.
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